"The Beauty Beneath Our Feet"

Here is what I feel true love is like and will be like. It was written by an amazing author named Josh Riebock, but I changed some of the words around to show how I one day hope to feel, mutually, to my future husband.

Before you, everything was merely an overture. My life started the day we met. Were you cruel for taking so long to show up? Or was I impatient for wanting you to get here sooner? Maybe, but waiting has always been a hassle that I try to avoid.

I like playing card games a little too much, and I tend to worry more in the winter. I will always love pretending and using my imagination. I round almost everything off in my head. I love finding the harmony to any & every song. I like learning things fast, but that often means I don't master it when I learn it.

Will we learn anything by doing it quickly?

It's true-I'm guilty of running into your arms. But also guilty of hoping that, once I'm there, the sun won't set. I'm guilty of wanting to be pulled off the train tracks by you. And guilty too of wanting to lie down with you in puddles of leftover rain. I'm guilty of biking through town, arms in the air, shouting your name. And just as guilty of pausing long enough to collect the words as they spin to the ground, like sleeping leaves from lullaby trees--

Maybe paradise is always somewhere else. Or maybe we're all blind to the beauty beneath our feet. Could Eden be hidden within us right now?

I can't resist a good heart. How many flaws does it take to make me a bad person? And is anyone humble enough to decide? Perfection is boring. I guess that makes us a pair of weirdo outsiders-- I wouldn't want it any other way.

You don't mind if people stare, do you? I love being different, out of the box, weird, crazy, calm, sad, happy, teasing, funny, excited, bored, with you. Overall, I just love being with you.

Few things in life are ever decided. The purpose of the old is determined by our actions in the new. True, my past is no beauty queen, but its got lots of personality. And since the beginning, you've always been eager to pull up the rug of my skin, savor what you find underneath, and show me that today can be just as hopeful as tomorrow.
 

You can find the actual excerpt at Josh's (not a) blog. Wonderful, really. You should also buy his book, Heroes and Monsters. It is my favorite book, written by my favorite author.